Johann Heinrich Fierz

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Johann Heinrich Fierz (born September 12, 1813 in Meilen ; † June 11, 1877 in Fluntern , today Zurich ) was a Zurich textile industrialist, national councilor , envoy of the Swiss Federal Council at the opening of the Suez Canal and from 1872 president of the joint stock building association he founded in Zurich .

The Aktienbauverein built a workers' housing estate in what is now Zurich's industrial quarter, which is to be repopulated . This so-called “Fierzquartier” was already reported on at the Swiss National Exhibition in Geneva in 1895. Built between 1873 and 1880, it is the oldest social housing estate in the city of Zurich. The houses that are still standing today form a protected site. According to the motto of saving but beautifully built, the creation of healthy and cheap houses with lots of light, sun, air and a small garden for self-sufficiency was the model of this exemplary housing estate.

Between 1864 and 1867, Gottfried Semper built an office and warehouse for Fierz at Zürichbergstrasse 2 and 8. In the possession of the Canton of Zurich since 1910, the building was extensively restored between 1988 and 2003 by the Zurich architect Willi Egli.

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SURNAME Fierz, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH miles
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1877
Place of death Whisper